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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Scooter injuries to children
  1. M Stokes,
  2. M P Corbo
  1. Victorian Injury Surveillance and Applied Research System, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia Maria.Corbo@general.monash.edu.au

    https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.7.2.166-a

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      Editor,— Recent injury data collected by the Victorian Injury Surveillance and Applied Research System (VISS), suggests the current resurgence in scooter use by children is associated with increases in the numbers of children injured, some extremely seriously.

      Scooter injuries to children have increased from an average of 9.5 annually (1996 to 1999) to 153 cases predicted for 2000 if there is no further increase in scooter exposure. This figure is based upon 128 cases of injury for January to September 2000. However, considering the observed monthly rate of growth in scooter exposure, we project as many as 320 scooter related injuries in Victoria alone for 2000 (R2=0.97, y=0.20x3−0.27x2−2.48x+47.67). Nationally, between 750 and 1500 Australian children may suffer injury as a result of riding a scooter by the end of 2000.

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